Besides composing,arranging and even singing in his music. Frank Zappa was also a very good improviser when it came to jamming on the guitar. He may have not been the fastest and technical, which is why he hired Steve Vai for some fast parts he couldn’t play, but His …

Ruled By Secrecy is a song by Muse which appears on their album Absolution. The track starts off very quietly with faint pianos coming into the track gradually along with a simple bass line and Bellamy’s vocal melody at an almost inaudible volume. As the song progresses, both the …

I think that the American rock band “Good Charlotte” used to be one of the more popular rock bands about since they had so many hits songs around a particular period of time. I think that part of the reason might also be the fact that the vocalist “Joel” …

On Avery Island is an album by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the first LP released by the group. Up at this point in this career, the only music listeners could judge this band by appeared on their EP Everything Is. In comparison to the songs on that EP, …

This is just another one of Carrie Underwood’s amazing songs. By far, she is the best American Idol there ever was and the most successful. This song didn’t get very big on the radio but got big in my heart. I can’t quite relate to the subject of the …

Do you have a CD copy of Bedtime Prayers: Lullabies & Peaceful Worship by Twila Paris. Well I do! The CD is a composition of twelve songs which are all designed as bedtime music. The selection includes: God is Around, Jewels, My Delight, Perfect Peace, My Best …

I’ve been a huge fan of the rock band Rush since their Moving Pictures album back in 1981. So far I’ve collected all their albums and will usually listen to them all at least once a year. Their musical progression has always been a drawing point for …

If you were to ask me about a love ballad that reminds me of an old western movie I’d have to say it would Poncho and Lefty by Willie Nelson. This song is about a couple of friends that robbed a bank and then became outlaws running from the …

Overview —“ Spiders, a music video released by System Of A Down for promotion of their debut self titled album is a song and a music video that I’ll admit I really didn’t like at first. I’ll admit that I’m still not really a big fan of the music …

The Ghost Of You is a song by My Chemical Romance which appears on their album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. Unlike many of their other songs, the track opens up in a very melodic fashion and has quite a somber tone to it. Though I’m not a big …

Distance is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad and is the fifth song on their 2011 release, Knife Man. Opening up with a fast and aggressive rhythm guitar part, the song reminds me far more of the second track on the record, The Gift Of The Magi 2, far …

Ok, I have been a Lil Wayne fan for about 3 years now, and while I admit, I did not catch up on his music until he made a distinction for himself with his first two albums of the ‘Tha Carter’ trilogy, I can say that Wayne has come …

Overview —“ Redundant, the third music video released by Green Day for promotion of their album Nimrod makes commentary on the routine that society has fallen into and how the citizens in it have fallen asleep, although I make it seem more critical than it actually is. I’ve read …

This CD track was given to me by my sister, and she wanted me to burn songs inside for her. The album is from the ever sexy songstress, Beyonce, and the album is called, “B’Day”. I am not sure what that means, but I am sure enough …

Queen In My Pictures is a song by Animal Collective and the first track on their third studio record, Campfire Songs. Opening with an acoustic guitar strumming pattern, Queen In My Pictures introduces a listener to the sound that Animal Collective has throughout Campfire Songs. While the overly-experimental sounds …

Good Night is a song by The Beatles which is the final track on their self-titled album, or The White Album. Good Night opens up with this very majestic sounding string section which has this very corny sound to it to be honest but I know this is what …

Ramble On is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their second record, Led Zeppelin II. Ramble On begins with an acoustic guitar pattern primarily in the right channel and also an interesting percussive rhythm and bass line as well. Plant comes in with the vocals of the …

A Fine Frenzy is a female vocalist (her real name is Alison Sudol). She hasn’t been very popular on the radio or on MTV or anything, but I really do enjoy her music. I think I first found it because she was one of artists featured on one of …

This is the band’s debut album, released in 2000 of Ferret Records and produced by drummer Adam Dutkiewicz. The album is a really impressive debt from the band, several of the songs Temple From Within, Without A Name, and Vida Infra appear on the bands future album Alive Or …

Frogs is a song by The Flaming Lips and the penultimate track on their album Hit To Death In The Future Head. Opening up with a confusing and dissonant sound, the bass and drums enter the mix to give the song a somewhat more solid foundation. Though I’m surprised …

The Clash’s 1980 album Sandinista! in my opinion topped London Calling by far, at the time of release it was a triple album, 36 tracks this was unheard of at the time of release, the band took a loss of royalties (the didn’t get paid for the first 300,000) …

This is the second album of Fall Out Boy that I’ve heard. It’s really good, but for some reason I love the first one (From Under the Cork tree) better. I was watching (guess what…) MTV (again! Is anyone seeing a pattern here?) and I saw the music video …

Insane is a track by Scars On Broadway which appears on their self-titled debut record which came out a few years ago. Unlike the previous two tracks, Exploding/Reloading and Stoner-Hate, Insane is much more similar to Funny because it’s very moderately paced and it features Malakian singing in a …

Wave of Mutilation is the third song off of the pixies 1989 album Doolittle. While many state Surfer Rosa as the overall best Pixies album, I would have to disagree and say Doolittle is my favorite album of theirs. There are so many great tracks off of it, with …

There was a time in the late nineties when indie prog music was making a sizable surge in popularity. With this surge in popularity came a huge surge in the quality of the music, as more and more bands were being noticed for their indie prog sound. It was …

Mistah FAB is a great rapper. I really like and enjoy his music. He is a good rapper from the city of Oakland CA. He is known as the freestyle king because he is a great battle rapper who destroys rappers on the mic. He is part of the Bay …

KISS - DYNASTY
The last ‘big’ KISS album and the beginning of the end for the band. (Peter Criss doesn’t even play drums here…anton Fig fills in although he never received credit)
Alot of coplaints on this album dealt with KISS going ‘disco’ with the inclusion of I WAS MADE FOR …

Misty Mountain Hop is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their iconic record, Led Zeppelin IV. The track starts off with an electronic piano part which Page soon comes in to double with his guitar as Jones also comes in with a steady drum pattern. Page’s voice …

The first time I saw and heard of the artist called Pink was when I was still in my earlier days of high school when she was still a fairly new artiste. Now Pink became popular in an age where the popularity of boy and girl pop bands like …

Who don’t know Destiny’s Child?? A great R n B trio who’s have a many great hits and great voice. I like this group, and I think everybody love Beyonce Knowles, one of the member of this group. They been succees since they are 13 until now.
I like their …

After listening to the self titled debut from Vivid Remorse it damned on me that every now and then there is a really good reason that a lot of poepl haven’t heard of a certain band. look, the album is okay if you like old school thrash metal mixed …

I just heard The Chainsmokers’ new song and my initial impression was, “WHAT? This is basically a ripoff of their previous song Closer? How could they be so blatant in self-plagiarism?” I immediately hated it because the first thing that came to my mind in why they became such …

I rarely appreciate R & B music and thinks these songs are just plain addition to the music genre but does not have “sense” to begin with. I guess I was proved wrong when Boyz II Men have emerged from the scene and made it well in the charts, …

As a big fan of international music, I try to expand my collection every so often with a “big hit” CD that I’ll have hours of enjoyment listening to. It’s a much better experience when I’m able to discover a CD that contains lots of different voices, tons of …

I have never been a true prodigy fan having only really listened too their classic songs. However, once I got my hands on Invaders Must Die I feel in love with it. Most of my friends before all listened to their previous albums and they had said that this …

Although I have never really been an ardent fan of Sarah McLachlan, I tend to listen to her music from time to time, especially in autumn, and when I’m feeling melancholic. In my opinion, she has released one brilliant album (”Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”), and several decent ones, including “Surfacing” …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Ego”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Frank Jr. Gatson and Beyonce Knowles
What is it with Beyonce and her two female back-up dancers? Are they having lesbian threesomes? Is Jay-Z even included in any of the action? After having the both of them in three to four videos …

I wasn’t anticipating much from the Tennessee band the Kings of Leon when I foremost heard they were releasing a fresh album, and this is mostly since they haven’t done something major (in my view) like Aha Shake Heartbreak. Their final album, Because of the Times, did okay with the …

Ciara ft. Missy Elliott
“1, 2 Step”
Goodies
LaFace Records
Director: Benny Boom
“1, 2 Step” is Ciara’s follow-up single and music video to “Goodies” off of the album of the same name, “Goodies”. The song is obviously inspired (extremely inspired, I might add) by 1980s electronic music. In the lyrics, Ciara often describes …

The DGX 305 Portable Grand is a 76-key keyboard from Yamaha. It comes with a user manual, accessory CD-ROM, and music rest but I bought mine from a music store that gave me a free keyboard stand and a Yamaha power supply which is good considering that the …

Burning Bridges is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their record Obscured By Clouds. The track starts off in an extremely mellow and melodic mood with a very light organ melody primarily leading the song as it first starts off. Something interesting about the vocals of this …

Recently I just rediscovered the band “The Flaming Lips”. They are an American rock band that was formed sometime in the nineteen eighties, but gained the most of their fans and became the most popular sometime in the nineteen nineties.
What I absolutely love about the bands “The Flaming …

Remember this band, Earth Wind & Fire? Well, I do and my dad was putting on this CD album the other day while we were having a picnic lunch together as a family. The title is Greatest Hits by Earth Wind & Fire. Super cool, I tell …

No band in the last few years has been the center of so much debate as Protest the Hero. On one side of the fence there is the haters that will not give them a fair go bacuae they have some ties with the metal-core landscape. But on the …

Die By The Sword is a song by Slayer which appears on their first record Show No Mercy. The track starts off with a nice fast riff which is reinforced through a second guitar, drums, and bass before each instrument comes in for the main riff of the track. …

I was listening to this album massively in my early teenage years. I was fourteen or fifteen at the time. And at the time my listening to this album was more an exception than the rule. At the time I was not into this kind of music at all. …

Colbie Caillat’s “Breakthrough (Standard And Deluxe Edition)” Album
If there’s a few words to describe this follow-up second studio album by Colbie Caillat, they’d have to be
Sweet, Romantic, Relaxing, And something for everyone.
If you ever have trouble falling asleep, or just love a nice relaxation session, this would be …

Jennylyn Mercado is a singer from the Philippines. She won a reality show entitled ‘Starstruck’. This show is about finding talents to be build up as a star.
Anyway, she is gifted with a good voice so the TV station who produced the show gave her a music album. …

As my friend and I were griping about it the other night, I realized it might be interesting to offer a perspective on one of the most popular songs of the past year, “Empire State of Mind,” from rapper Jay-Z’s album “The Blueprint 3″ (released in late 2009) which …

I am a fairly big fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I wouldn’t say I am a hardcore fan or anything, but I generally enjoy their work and I have a few of their albums. Californication is probably one of my more favorite albums by this band actually.
The …